MADANA MOHANA MALAVIYA

Every country must ensure that its citizens do not suffer in poverty. It is true that every one is entitled to sufficient food to eat enough clothes to cover the body and keep it warm and a comfortable house to live. But progress in the agricultural field does not ensure all - round progress. Conduct is more important than economic progress. Every country must always be prepared to protect its religion. If our modern young men do not protect the Hindu Dharma (the Hindu Religion) which has been bequeathed to us, we will be surrounded by uneducated, useless, mean people or educated people who misuse their learning. The result is the total loss of religion. We need not understand religion in a narrow sense. It is also not necessary to reject religion. A proper understanding of the Hindu Religion will be a guiding light in one's life. The younger generation of

Let our youths receive liberal education. Side by side let them also try to learn how to evaluate the teachings of other religions. This was the wish Pandit Madana Mohana Malaviya cherished in his heart. It is no exaggeration to say that Benares Hindu University is the embodiment of that wish.

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